Prevention and Treatment of Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive degenerative disease of the diarthrodial joints especially those that are weight bearing (Danning, 2013), including the knees, hips, shoulders and spine, but can occur at any joint. Figure 1 contains the diarthrodial joints. OA is characterized by the degeneration of articular cartilage and formation of subchondral bone and new bone …